(A Constituent Unit of Patliputra University, Patna) Grade - 'A' Accredited by NAAC C.P.E. Status by U.G.C. REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL(RFP) FOR SELECTION OF AGENCY FOR ADVERTISEMENT RIGHTS ON HOARDINGS AT COLLEGE CAMPUS , PATNA At Principal , A.N College Boring Road ,Patna Email : [email protected] Website : www.ancpatna.ac.in Selection of Agency for advertisement rights on hoardings at College Campus, Patna Disclaimer 1. Though adequate care has been taken while preparing the RFP document, the Bidders/Applicants shall satisfy them that the document is complete in all respects. Intimation of any discrepancy shall be given to this office immediately. If no intimation is received from any Bidder within fifteen (15) days from the date of notification of RFP /Issue of the RFP documents, it shall be considered that the RFP document is complete in all respects and has been received by the Bidder. 2. Authority reserves the right to modify, amend or supplement this RFP document including all formats and Annexure. Any such change would be communicated to the applicants by posting it on the website www.ancpatna.ac.in. 3. The information provided in this RFP not intended to be an exhaustive on account of statutory requirements and should not be regarded as a complete or authoritative statement of law. The Authority accepts no responsibility for the accuracy or otherwise for any interpretation or opinion on the law expressed herein. 4. The Authority, its employees and advisers make no representation or warranty and shall have no liability to any person including any Applicant under any law, statute, rules or regulations or tort, principles of restitution or unjust enrichment or otherwise for any loss, damages, cost or expense which may arise from or be incurred or suffered on account of anything contained in this RFP or otherwise, including the accuracy, adequacy, correctness, reliability or completeness of the RFP and any assessment, assumption, statement or information contained therein or deemed to form part of this RFP or arising in anyway in this subject. 5. The issue of this RFP does not imply that the Authority is bound to select an Applicant for the project and the Authority reserves the right to terminate the process at any time without assigning any reasons whatsoever. The Applicant shall bear all its costs associated with or relating to the participation in this process regardless of the conduct or outcome of the process. 6. The Bidder shall bear all its costs associated with or relating to the preparation and submission of its Bid including but not limited to preparation, copying, postage, delivery fees, expenses associated with any demonstrations or presentations which may be required by The Bidder shall bear all its costs associated with or relating to the preparation and submission of its Bid including but not limited to preparation, copying, postage, delivery fees, expenses associated with any demonstrations or presentations which may be required by Authority or any other costs incurred in connection with or relating to its Bid. All such costs and expenses will remain with the Bidder and Authority shall not be liable in any manner whatsoever for the same or for any other costs or other expenses incurred by a Bidder in preparation for submission of the Bid, regardless of the conduct or outcome of the Selection process or any other costs incurred in connection with or relating to its Bid. All such costs and expenses will remain with the Bidder and Authority shall not be liable in any manner whatsoever for the same or for any other costs or other expenses incurred by a Bidder in preparation for submission of the Bid, regardless of the conduct or outcome of the Selection process. SD/- Principal A.N College, Patna Page 2 of 16 Selection of Agency for advertisement rights on hoardings at College Campus, Patna REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) Tender No: G/524/21 Tender Date :31/07/2021 “Selection of Agency for advertisement rights on hoardings at College Campus, Patna” A. N. College invites offline Request for Proposals from reputed firms for” SELECTION OF AGENCY FOR ADVERTISEMENT RIGHTS ON HOARDINGS AT COLLEGE CAMPUS , PATNA”. Tender document with all other details can be purchased from office of the Principal ,A.N College ,Boring Road ,Patna in any working days from 02-08-2021 to 22.08.2021 after payment of Rs. 2000/- in the shape of Demand Draft in favour of “ A. N. College ,Payable at Patna. The same can be also seen on College website www.ancpatna.ac.in .The last date for submission of bids is 23-08-2021 till 2:00 P.M at office of the Principal ,A.N College ,Boring Road ,Patna. Technical Bids will be opened on 23-08-2021 at 3:00 P.M. Financial bids of technically qualified bidder shall be open on 25.08.2021 at 11:00 A.M at office of the Principal ,A.N College ,Boring Road ,Patna. Principal A. N. College Note: Bidders are requested to sign on all the pages. The duly filled in bid should be sealed by the bidders and super scribed as “Selection of Agency for advertisement rights on hoardings at College Campus, Patna”. Page 3 of 16 Selection of Agency for advertisement rights on hoardings at College Campus, Patna Brief History of A. N. College Drawing inspiration from sagacious leader of Bihar Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha, the college was established in January 1956, at Patna High School as Gardanibagh Tutorial College, to be run in the evening shift. The objective was to facilitate academic pursuits of employees working in various departments during day time. Subsequently, this college was renamed as Anugrah Narayan College (A.N. College) Patna. In 1959, the college was shifted to its new premises. The first principal of the college was Dr. Gorakh Nath Sinha, a great economist and a contemporary of Dr. Hicks, a Nobel Laureate in Economics. On the personal initiatives of Bihar Vibhuti Anugrah Babu , Patna Improvement Trust provided 19 acres of land to this present site but later on some of the lands were released back to farmers and eventually the college rested with 13 acres of land. The classes were shifted from Anishabad to this premises and thereafter the college blossomed and metamorphosed into present form. The erstwhile governing body had eminent personalities like Sri Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Ex-C.M.of Bihar, Mrs. Kishori Sinha, Ex-M.P, Justice K.B.N.Singh, Justice Birendra Pratap Singh, Dr. Sheo Narayan Singh and Sri Sunil Mukherjee. To this date, the college has 24 UG departments and 23 PG departments. The college has never hesitated to take innovative measures. Keeping in view, technological march of resurgent India, the college has introduced apart from conventional courses, a large number of technological and industry driven courses. On initiative of U.G.C and Government of Bihar, many new courses like Electronics, Environmental Sciences were introduced during 1980s. In1996, the first vocational course E.W.M(Environment and Water Management) was introduced later on, many more job oriented courses like B.C..A, B.B.M, M.C.A, M.B.A and Biotechnology were added to the list. The multi dimensional academic activities have turned the college into a Centre for Excellence, fully eqipped to face the challenge posed by the growing demands in the field of higher education. It is a matter of immense satisfaction that distinction in teaching and research has enabled this college to have academic collaboration with many reputed institutions in India and abroad. The college is conducting pioneering research work with the funds provided by distinguished agencies like UNICEF, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, U.G.C. etc. Besides, the college regularly organizes National and International Seminars and the conferences with the participation of important National and International Delegates so that students may get exposure to advancements in different academic fields. Several faculty members of this college have also presented their research papers in different prestigious National and International Seminars and publish research papers in peer reviewed journals. The research activities in social sciences and humanities by faculty and students of this college have created a very good interface between academia and society. This has contributed prominently towards changing fabric and dynamics of the society. The college also organizes seminars / symposium / workshop on socio economic and scientifically relevant topics. The college strongly believes in the all-round development of students and has always encouraged them to participate and excel in sports and cultural activities. The achievements in different competitions have brought laurels to the institution. It is a matter of pride for the college that its alumni are now holding senior administrative and executive positions in the public and private sectors. Alumni of this college have also joined as scientists in elite research institutions like BARC, NPL, MECON, CAPART, NEERI and CMPDI, TERI in India and NASA in U.S.A etc. Page 11 of 16 Selection of Agency for advertisement rights on hoardings at College Campus, Patna Campus selection and Placement through its Placement and Guidance Cell has become a regular feature and several renowned companies like WIPRO, CIPLA, ICICI, MAHINDRA, BAJAJ Allianz and others have visited this college last year and pickedup the students in good number. The prestige of the college in the academic circles at International Level has been further enhanced with inclusion of A.N. College as a partner of Erasmus Mundas Academic Exchange Programme "EURINDIA" sponsored by European Commission. Under this programme, two faculty members and three students of this college have been awarded scholarship for research in reputed European Universities 2010 onwards.